Dogs

    Several people gathered around a computer with medical equipment and a dog, appearing to be in a veterinary clinic or lab setting.

    Penn Vet Researchers Map How a Common Blinding Disease Progresses in Dogs and Humans

    Long-term imaging study reveals a reproducible pattern of retinal degeneration offering new insight for diagnosis, care, and therapy development

    Diagram showing R-loop processing and R-loop dynamics parallel apoptotic progression in IRD.

    Penn Vet Researchers Uncover a Shared Cellular Stress Signal that May Drive Vision Loss in Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Study finds buildup of unusual RNA-DNA loops in degenerating photoreceptors, pointing to a shared molecular stress pathway across distinct genetic forms of inherited blindness.

    Two people standing in a lab.

    Newly Identified Gene Deletion in Standard Poodles Sheds Light on Severe Vision Disorder

    Inherited retinal diseases form a broad and complex group of genetic conditions that cause progressive vision loss and blindness. Dogs, like humans, are susceptible to many such disorders. Because of…

    An image of a website that has images of a dogs retina.

    Vision Scientists at Penn Vet Launch DogAEye, a Novel AI-Based Tool To Improve Early Diagnosis of Retinal Degeneration in Dogs

    Veterinary ophthalmologists and vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) have announced the release of DogAEye, an innovative artificial intelligence (AI)–based clinical decision support…

    A person is examining a dog with an electronic device

    A New Penn Vet Clinic Brings Support and Hope for Dogs with Retinal Disease

    Zoey the cockapoo greeted life with tail-wagging joy. A mass of tawny curls, she loved everyone, and they loved her back.

    a diagram showing the process of using messenger RNA to make a protein

    Researchers Advance mRNA Delivery to the Retina Using Stabilized Lipid Carriers

    Efficient delivery of synthetic mRNA to the retina remains one of the key hurdles in developing mRNA-based treatments for vision loss.

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